July 12 Little League baseball roundup: Pine Bush wins slugfest

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Jul 12, 2013 at 8:46 PMJul 12, 2013 at 9:44 PM

Section 4 tournament

Montgomery's Holden Lee hit a 3-run home run in the top of the sixth inning to tie the game, but Cortlandt Manor pulled away for a victory in the Section 4 tournament at Valley Cottage.Lee finished with four hits. Timmy Hinspeter went 5-for-5, Ryan Murphy went 3-for-3 and Rich Paltridge had three hits for Montgomery.

Montgomery plays next on Sunday at Valley Cottage against a team to be determined.

Section 4 tournament

Pine Bush slugged six home runs in a victory over Briarcliff at Sherman Park Little League.Cole Hentschel hit two home runs and Seth Dewitt, Matthew DuBois, Haakon Meland and Greg Vandura hit one home run apiece.

Josh Begany hit a two-run single as part of Wallkill Area's four-run fifth inning in a victory at Town of Newburgh.

Stephen Moskwa went 1-for-3 with one RBI and was the game's winning pitcher. Brady Mohart scored two runs and Jeremy Franz closed it out on the mound for Wallkill Area, which plays host Town of Newburgh for the district championship. Game 1 is 10 a.m. Saturday, and should Newburgh lose, a second game would follow.

For Monroe-Woodbury, Jake Mahachek went 3-for-3 and Nick Fini had an RBI single. Monroe-Woodbury was eliminated.

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